Number of top scorers for International Baccalaureate exams in Hong Kong drops to 34 from last year’s 38
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The number of top scorers in Hong Kong in the International Baccalaureate (IB) exams has dropped, with 34 achieving full marks for the papers in May.
Released on Friday evening, the number of students with top grades was down from last year’s total of 38 before a second round of marking. The International Baccalaureate Office has yet to provide the results from last year’s re-marking.
Aimed at those aged 16 to 19, the IB programme is a two-year course offering an internationally accepted qualification for entry into higher education.
Among those achieving the maximum 45 points this year were 20 students from international schools under the English Schools Foundation (ESF), beating the previous record of 17 in 2015.
There were four top scorers from Diocesan Boys’ School (DBS), and one each from the Canadian International School (CDNIS) and Victoria Shanghai Academy (VSA). VSA also reported a 100 per cent pass rate, with an average mean score of 37.9, the highest ever for the school.